Unusual airline call signs

[pin727]

I used to work for a cargo outfil and our callsign was " Barnacle" pretty cool!!!!

 

[jbDC9]

I saw Willie Nelson's Lear Jet taxi out and takeoff one time. The tail number was 100WN, and they used the callsign "100 Willie Nelson". I always wondered if anyone ever smoked any weed on that airplane.

That airplane went to U.S. Check in the early '90s as a freight dog. Still had the same tail # and sweet paint job but the interior was just a tin can liner. Couldn't really smell any residue...

 

[Sig]

Springbok is not a bird.......

.......it's a fish.

Papa Woody for the WIN!

Great job!

 

[Ex737Driver]

Anybody mention "Manatee"?

 

[ERfly]

Anybody mention "Manatee"?

Yep....

Air South - Khaki Blue
Original AirTran (737s based out of MCO) - Manatee

 

[Uncle Bunkle]

Original AirTran

= ValuJet

 

[airplane wizard]

= ValuJet

ValuJet=critter

 

[frog_flyer]

A few months ago out of BOH or SOU I heard the call sign "Black Adder". That was funny! (For those that remember the sitcom with Rowan Atkinson).

The other one that's cool is "U-Haul" out of SKF (C-17). Not sure if it is just a local callsign.

They're C-5s, and it is a local callsign. Reach is used on global missions just like everyone else uses.

 

[twepilot]

how about Teeter-Bay??

RV

 

[scudrunner]

Always like "Dynasty", I think it is Air China out of Taiwan.

It's actually China Airlines out of Taiwan.
There's a C-130 ops called Shamu.

 

[FADECtoBLACK]

don't forget "IMPACT", C17's out of charlie south I believe. Always thought that was funny for an airplane callsign

Charleston airdrop lines outside of the local area will occasionally use the "BASCO" callsign. Rumor is that it stands for "Bad-A$$ South Carolina Operator" Pretty gay if it's true.

 

[jetalc]

Atlantic Coast was Blue Ridge

Never mind...

 

[UpNDownGuy]

My old Army reserve unit (ch-47) was the hookers. We even tried a t-shirt with a scantilly clad gal with a Chinook in the background but it got nixed.

Fort Lewis, right? The Hookers nearly killed me one time at the Abbotsford Air Show. They were putting on a demo when one of them hit the forward rotor on the ground, tearing off a 4 foot chunk and sending it into the crowd about 20 feet to my right. Took out a display tent, but no one was hurt, except for the guy who got a bloody nose when the rotor chunk sailed under his arm, causing him to faint and smack his head on the pavement. Shut down the air show while they got a crane and a truck to remove the Chinook. Bet that guy got some serious ribbing on the way home...